146 BC

Year 146 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Achaicus (or, less frequently, year 608 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 146 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC
Years:	149 BC 148 BC 147 BC 146 BC 145 BC 144 BC 143 BC

146 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	146 BC CXLV BC
Ab urbe condita	608
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 178
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 35
Ancient Greek era	158th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4605
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−738
Berber calendar	805
Buddhist calendar	399
Burmese calendar	−783
Byzantine calendar	5363–5364
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2551 or 2491     — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2552 or 2492
Coptic calendar	−429 – −428
Discordian calendar	1021
Ethiopian calendar	−153 – −152
Hebrew calendar	3615–3616
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−89 – −88
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2955–2956
Holocene calendar	9855
Iranian calendar	767 BP – 766 BP
Islamic calendar	791 BH – 790 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2188
Minguo calendar	2057 before ROC 民前2057年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1613
Seleucid era	166/167 AG
Thai solar calendar	397–398
Tibetan calendar	阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) −19 or −400 or −1172     — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) −18 or −399 or −1171

Events

Roman Republic

• With Carthage and Greece conquered, Rome becomes the sole superpower in the Mediterranean world, a distinction it will continue to hold for approximately the next 600 years.

Africa

• Spring – Carthage falls to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus. The walls are finally breached and the city is completely destroyed by order of the Roman Senate, despite Scipio's protests. End of the Third Punic War.

Greece

• Battle of Scarpheia: The Romans led by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeat an Achaean League force under Critolaus (who is killed in battle). The League is reduced to freeing and arming 12,000 slaves.
• Battle of Corinth: The Romans under Lucius Mummius defeat the Achaean League near Corinth. Corinth is destroyed, and the Achaean League dissolved. Southern Greece becomes a Roman province and after last year's occupation of Macedonia the whole of Greece is now under Roman power. The Romans strip Corinth of its art treasures and ship them back to Rome.

Astronomy

• Hipparchus determines the equinoctial point.

Births

Deaths

• Alexander I Balas, king of the Seleucid Empire
• Critolaus, general of the Achaean League
• Gentius, the last king of Illyria (approximate date)

References